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Local educators hailed this week’s passage of the Education Act, but said the bill’s sweeping changes won’t really become apparent until we see its regulations. Alberta legislators passed Bill 8, the Education Act, on Nov. 19.

The North West upgrader could not only bring new jobs and money to Sturgeon County. St. Albert may also snatch a piece of the diesel cake. “Anything like that that comes into our area can only be seen as beneficial.

City council will hold one more town hall in 2013 and might even offer up a hamburger or two in the process.

City council unanimously defeated one of its own bylaw amendments aimed at curbing the practice of parking RVs and truck-and-trailer combinations in commercial parking lots while also outlawing the practice of parking vehicles with for-sale signs on

St. Albert got a little closer to China this week after a delegation of Chinese educators toured three local schools. Four principals and a school board member from China’s Beibei School District toured St.

Robbery A 19-year-old man is facing two robbery charges after two separate attacks last week. Police were called to a home in the Akinsdale Gardens townhouse complex on June 28 around 11 p.m.

Electors in next October’s municipal election will be able to vote first thing in the morning and, if they wish, use special ballots.

A St. Albert designer is headed to Taiwan this week thanks to a sleek sports-car of a bike he helped design. St.

Doctors in St. Albert and area are not feeling well. The Alberta government announced Friday it will impose a four-year compensation plan worth an additional $463 million to doctors in the province.

A love of architecture helped a St. Albert man meet his match both personally and professionally, and has allowed him to make a world of difference for families 6,500 kilometres away.